Chucho Valdés, Royal Quartet - Cuba And Beyond (2024) [Hi-Res]

Acclaimed living legend of Afro-Cuban music, seven-time GRAMMY Award winner and six-time Latin GRAMMY Award winner Chucho Valdés celebrates his lauded 60-year recording career with an instant-classic, Cuba & Beyond, set for release on Friday, September 20, 2024. Valdés is the preeminent composer/pianist of modern Afro-Cuban jazz with international acclaim to his name for deftly fusing the music of his homeland with jazz, classical music, dance music, and rock. His renowned career includes seven albums on Blue Note Records (1991-2003), a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, and being an inductee into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. On Cuba & Beyond, Valdés composes yet another masterpiece featuring his electrifying Royal Quartet as he carries his legacy forward with a world-class catalog of recordings.

With nearly 30 albums, Valdés remains ever-young at heart while composing an array of his greatest works yet. On Cuba & Beyond, Valdés performs with his electrifying Royal Quartet featuring Horacio El Negro Hernández (drums), José Armando Gola (bass), and Roberto Jr. Vizcaíno (percussion).



Tracklist:
1-1. Chucho Valdés, Royal Quartet - Punto Cubano (07:08)
1-2. Chucho Valdés, Royal Quartet - Son de Almendra (07:12)
1-3. Chucho Valdés, Royal Quartet - Congablues (05:44)
1-4. Chucho Valdés, Royal Quartet - Habanera Partida (07:49)
1-5. Chucho Valdés, Royal Quartet - Mozart a la Cubana (06:31)
1-6. Chucho Valdés, Royal Quartet - Armando's Rhumba (06:45)
1-7. Chucho Valdés, Royal Quartet - Nosotros (06:17)
1-8. Chucho Valdés, Royal Quartet - Tatomania (04:18)